Pandora Papers: World leaders deny wrongdoing after leaks
Several world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies.
Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the 12 million files constitute the biggest such leak in history.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein are among some 35 current and former leaders linked to the files.
Both have issued statements saying they have done nothing wrong.
Jordan's royal palace said it was "not unusual nor improper" that King Abdullah owned property abroad.
War crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Libya since 2016, says UN
Fact-finding mission says migrants and detainees particularly exposed to violations since civil war
War crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture, enslavement, extrajudicial killings and rape have been committed in Libya since 2016, a United Nations investigation has found.
The independent fact-finding mission on Libya, commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, said migrants and detainees were particularly exposed to violations that have occurred since the country was plunged into a state of instability and civil war.
Amid concerns about foreign mercenaries who have been operating in Libya, the experts said there were “reasonable grounds to believe” that personnel from a Russian private military company known as the Wagner Group “may have committed the crime of murder” in connection with evidence that they had fired gunshots directly at people not taking direct part in the hostilities.
Afghan girls' soccer squad find new home in Portugal | DW News
When the Taliban seized power in August, Afghanistan's girls' soccer team spent weeks on the run, fearing for their lives. Finally, thanks to an international rescue effort, they managed to flee the country. Now they've found a new home, in Portugal.
Sudan warns medicine, fuel, wheat running out amid port blockade
Major disruption of crucial supplies comes as protesting Beja tribe from eastern Sudan blocks roads and forces Port Sudan to close.
Sudan’s government warned the country is running out of life-saving medicines, fuel, and wheat stocks because of the closure of its main port in the east of the country during ongoing protests.
In recent weeks, demonstrators from the Beja tribe have blocked roads around Port Sudan and forced Red Sea ports to close, protesting against what they say is a lack of political power and poor economic conditions.
Tani Adewumi: How chess changed the fortunes of 11-year-old prodigy and his family
Updated 1003 GMT (1803 HKT) October 4, 2021
When Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi mulls his next move on a chessboard, his instinct is to pile pressure on his opponent.
Kishida becomes Japan's 100th prime minister
Fumio Kishida was elected Japan's prime minister in a Diet vote Monday and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges and leading a national election within weeks.
With his party and its coalition partner holding a majority in both houses, Kishida, who becomes Japan's 100th prime minister, garnered 311 votes in the 465-seat lower house, winning by a comfortable margin against Yukio Edano, head of the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Kishida and his new cabinet will be sworn in at a palace ceremony later in the day.
He replaces Yoshihide Suga, who resigned after only one year in office as his support plunged over his government's handling of the pandemic and insistence on holding the Tokyo Olympics as the virus spread.
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